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Kuwaitis Tour UW For Ideas

From WMTV News 11/28/2007. Click here to watch the video. Madison: The UW campus is being used as a model for a new university in the middle east. Officials from Kuwait University were on campus Wednesday. The University of Wisconsin is one of only six American colleges being looked at as a model of what …

Ethical crisis of climate change

By Anita Clar, Wisconsin State Journal Dr. Jonathan Patz is an international authority on global warming, and it’s more than an academic study for him. At home in Madison, he has installed solar panels on his house and grocery baskets on his bicycle. He drives a Prius hybrid but bicycles to work. For Patz, who …

World Beyond Our Borders faculty reading: Jeremi Suri

Join Jeremi Suri as he reads from his recently published book, Henry Kissinger and the American Century (Harvard University Press, 2007). 7 pm, Thursday, December 6 Borders Books West, 3750 University Avenue, Madison. This is an event of the Division of International Studies’ World Beyond Our Borders reading series. In Henry Kissinger and the American …

Center for Global Health Educational Travel Fellowships Awarded

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Center for Global Health (CGH) is pleased to announce the awarding of six educational travel fellowships to UW faculty and staff members.  These grants are awarded to CGH affiliates to support international travel related to educational activities, including development for global health courses, initiation of field experiences and field research, and …

Senator Feingold’s remarks in support of international education and exchange

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD SENATE PAGE S14277 Nov. 13, 2007 INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK Mr. FEINGOLD.  Mr. President, in honor of the eighth annual International Education Week, which runs Monday, November 12 to 16, 2007, I would like to emphasize the importance of international education and exchange programs and the key role they play in strengthening our own …

Recent sightings: Thanksgiving tradition

From UW–Madison Communications During a Madison Friends of International Students (MFIS) Thanksgiving dinner, hosts Eng and Bill Braun (left), along with their son Paul (far left), talk with their guests, Shoji Shimomura and his wife, Manami (center); Muhamad Hafizul (far right); and Sun-Hyeh Kung (foreground right). From UW–Madison Communications During a Madison Friends of International …

Program brings students to Washington, D.C., for global experiences

by Kristin Czubkowski, UW–Madison Communications Published in Wisconsin Week. The phrase “once a Badger, always a Badger” often applies to alumni’s continued support of University of Wisconsin–Madison athletics after graduation, but in the case of at least one academic program, the Washington, D.C., Undergraduate Semester in International Affairs in the Division of International Studies, it …

UW-Madison political scientist chosen to observe Australian elections

by Dennis Chaptman, UW–Madison Communications Kenneth Mayer, a University of Wisconsin–Madison political scientist, will travel to Australia as part of an international delegation observing that nation’s federal elections on Saturday, Nov. 24. “I’m thrilled to be part of this program as one of only two academic members of the international delegation,” says Mayer. “It is …

Online Chinese course connects business professionals to UW-Madison language resources

by Jenny Price, UW–Madison Communications China holds the promise of major economic opportunities for businesses and entrepreneurs, but having the language skills and cultural knowledge needed to make a good impression could mean the difference between closing a deal and going home empty-handed. UW–Madison’s Language Institute, in partnership with the Department of East Asian Languages …

UW-Madison ranks high in study abroad programs

The 2007 Open Doors report, which surveys study abroad programs across the nation, ranks UW–Madison 5th and 6th respectively among other research institutions’ semester- and year-long programs in 2005-2006. Overall, UW­-Madison’s study abroad program ranks in the top 20 of U.S. research institutions. And for good reason: UW–Madison offers students over 150 overseas study and …